coxalgy

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A form of coxalgia — pain in the hip

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nouncoxalgy (usually uncountable, plural coxalgies)

plural coxalgies

  1. dateduncountableusuallyDated form of coxalgia.

Origin

  1. Latincoxa“hip”
  2. Englishcoxalgy

From cox- + -algy. Borrowed from Latin coxa (“hip”) + Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain, suffering”).

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coxalgy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coxalgy

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“coxalgy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coxalgy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coxalgy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coxalgy.

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